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Posted: January 31st, 2008, 8:00am EST
ANDREW Symonds will have his on-field behaviour scrutinised by Cricket Australia as the man at the centre of the sport's race row yesterday refused to defend himself.
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Posted: January 31st, 2008, 8:00am EST
CRICKET is bracing for more fireworks in tonight's Twenty20 showdown after fast bowler Sreesanth vowed to maintain his aggressive attitude against Australia.
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Posted: January 31st, 2008, 8:00am EST
THE early cricketing days for Mike and David Hussey make this summer's fall-out between Australia and India appear like a tea party.
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Posted: January 31st, 2008, 8:00am EST
AFTER making his first representative team by just sticking his hand up, Brad Haddin is not about to forget the value of wicketkeeping.
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Posted: January 31st, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIA'S tour of Pakistan, slated for next month, is expected to face strong opposition today when the Cricket Australia board meets.
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Posted: January 30th, 2008, 8:00am EST
CRICKET Australia chief executive James Sutherland says he's disappointed Harbhajan Singh escaped a more serious penalty for abusing Andrew Symonds.
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Posted: January 30th, 2008, 8:00am EST
RICKY Ponting has hit back at Kevin Rudd, the Governor-General and other critics, saying don't judge modern Australian cricketers by 1950s' standards.
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Posted: January 30th, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIAN captain Ricky Ponting has revealed his shock at pace bowler Shaun Tait's withdrawal from the game after suffering a breakdown.
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Posted: January 30th, 2008, 8:00am EST
INDIA'S Harbhajan Singh was praised for a sporting gesture and Andrew Symonds came across as the aggressor when the ICC laid cricket's race row to rest.
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Posted: January 30th, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIA'S emerging cricketers were comprehensively outclassed by Sri Lanka yesterday during the annual PM's XI clash in Canberra.
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Posted: January 27th, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIA last night vowed to do it for Gilly with retiring great Adam Gilchrist hoping for a rousing send-off in his final Test at the Adelaide Oval today.
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Posted: January 27th, 2008, 8:00am EST
INDIA were last night hopeful Harbhajan Singh would have his racial slur downgraded as his defence team finalised plans for tomorrow's appeal hearing.
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Posted: January 27th, 2008, 8:00am EST
WHEN asked about his Test cricket aspirations in recent years, Brad Haddin has stuck religiously to his mantra.
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Posted: January 27th, 2008, 8:00am EST
SHAHID Afridi equalled the record for most sixes in a one-day career to guide Pakistan to a 37-run win over Zimbabwe in the third day-night international.
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Posted: January 27th, 2008, 8:00am EST
A CALM innings from gun batsman Jacques Kallis guided South Africa to a series win against West Indies in a tight chase at St George's Park.
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Posted: January 26th, 2008, 8:00am EST
ADAM Gilchrist yesterday revealed to his family and friends that a voice inside him had told him "it was time" to step down gracefully from international cricket.
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Posted: January 26th, 2008, 8:00am EST
SIMON Katich will resume today needing 18 runs for his fourth Pura Cup century of the season after guiding the Blues to 4-213 in reply to WA's 389.
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Posted: January 26th, 2008, 8:00am EST
Adam Gilchrist leaves the game as a genius player of any century, a man who redefined the role of wicketkeeper/batsman.
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Posted: January 25th, 2008, 2:53am EST
AUSTRALIA were last night urged to fast-track Shane Warne's coaching career in a bid to solve a spinning "crisis" as India took control of the fourth Test.
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Posted: January 24th, 2008, 8:00am EST
INDIA questioned Australia's alertness and skill under pressure yesterday and signalled a clear intent that it was game on.
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Posted: January 24th, 2008, 8:00am EST
FORMER Indian captain Ravi Shastri last night declared Adam Gilchrist was a victim of his own high standards as debate began over the Test great's future.
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Posted: January 24th, 2008, 8:00am EST
MITCHELL Johnson continues to take forward steps in his development as a trusted component in Ricky Ponting's attack.
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Posted: January 24th, 2008, 8:00am EST
BOLLYWOOD star Shahrukh Khan and industrialist Mukesh Ambani won bids today to own teams in the Twenty20 Indian Premier League, organisers said.
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Posted: January 24th, 2008, 8:00am EST
OPENER Nasir Jamshed smashed a fluent 74 to help Pakistan pull off an unconvincing five-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the second one-day international here.
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Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 8:00am EST
THIS weekend cricket fans will have their last chance to see batting kingpins Sourav Ganguly, V.V.S Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble on local pitches.
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Posted: January 22nd, 2008, 8:00am EST
GLAMORGAN today confirmed that South Australia paceman Jason Gillespie will join the county club as their overseas player for this season.
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Posted: January 22nd, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIAN selectors have been branded "sinister" and their motives questioned after continuing to snub Blues blaster Simon Katich.
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Posted: January 22nd, 2008, 8:00am EST
ADAM Gilchrist last night brushed aside suggestions the decider against India starting in Adelaide tomorrow will be his final Test on Australian soil.
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Posted: January 21st, 2008, 8:00am EST
BATTING brute Matthew Hayden has declared he's fit to confront cocky India and crush their designs on Australia's enduring mantle as world champions.
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Posted: January 21st, 2008, 8:00am EST
THE stunning axing of Sourav Ganguly from India's one-day team has thrown the tourists' preparation for this week's must-win fourth Test into turmoil.
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Posted: January 21st, 2008, 8:00am EST
MITCHELL Johnson hasn't got much in common with Don Bradman - other than their batting averages, that is. Johnson's, believe it or not, is 99.
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Posted: January 21st, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIA'S modern cricket stars could soon be awarded knighthoods by the British Government under a plan mooted by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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Posted: January 21st, 2008, 8:00am EST
PAKISTAN captain Shoaib Malik put in a brilliant all-around display to lead his team to a 104-run victory over Zimbabwe in the first limited-overs international.
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Posted: January 20th, 2008, 8:00am EST
JEAN-Paul Duminy was hailed a potential future star after guiding South Africa to a six-wicket win in the first one-day international against the West Indies.
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Posted: January 20th, 2008, 8:00am EST
CONGRATULATIONS to Anil Kumble and India on their victory and stopping Australia on their march to an amazing 17 victories in a row.
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Posted: January 20th, 2008, 8:00am EST
MASTER sledger Sourav Ganguly has warned the stunned world champions India are gunning for their No. 1 crown, which has suddenly been jolted loose.
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Posted: January 20th, 2008, 8:00am EST
RICKY Ponting will head to Adelaide today in a rare form slump and bracing for yet another spooky encounter with his very own nightmare.
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Posted: January 20th, 2008, 8:00am EST
THE day after a win hailed as their greatest-ever cricketing triumph, fans in India were still not able to put the rancour of Sydney behind them.
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Posted: January 19th, 2008, 8:00am EST
RIVAL captains Lisa Sthalekar and Karen Rolton called for a review of the Women's National Cricket League after yesterday's final was washed out.
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Posted: January 19th, 2008, 8:00am EST
WORLD cricket's incoming president has urged Australia to tour Pakistan this year and believes the world champions will be safe despite the recent violence there.
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Posted: January 19th, 2008, 8:00am EST
RESURGENT India last night stormed to their greatest victory on foreign soil and shattered Australia's quest for a record-breaking 17th straight Test win.
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Posted: January 19th, 2008, 8:00am EST
FROM this day forward I urge everyone to leave the crease without waiting for the umpire's decision if the ball has been edged and caught.
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Posted: January 19th, 2008, 8:00am EST
SHAUN Pollock's farewell tour of South Africa started in triumph when he steered his country to a Twenty20 victory against the West Indies yesterday.
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Posted: January 16th, 2008, 11:40pm EST
AUSTRALIA found themselves in early trouble at 3-22 against India on day two of the third Test after an opening session dominated by the ball.
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Posted: January 16th, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIA'S cricketers went from bad boys to choirboys when they apologised for appealing against India's batsmen in strange scenes in Perth yesterday.
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Posted: January 16th, 2008, 8:00am EST
IT is not too often you see a look of anguish and uncertainty in Adam Gilchrist's face but I saw one in Perth yesterday.
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Posted: January 16th, 2008, 2:30am EST
SACHIN Tendulkar book-ended his stellar career with another great knock against Australia at the WACA to give India a strong platform in the third Test.
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Posted: January 15th, 2008, 8:00am EST
DAVID Boon made a long-awaited comeback to cricket yesterday, pulling on the pads for University in a local Tasmanian Twenty20 competition.
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Posted: January 15th, 2008, 8:00am EST
MICHAEL Di Venuto will retire from domestic cricket in Australia after the current season and today signed a fresh deal with his English county side, Durham.
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Posted: January 15th, 2008, 8:00am EST
ANOTHER explosive showdown between Harbhajan Singh and Australia may be avoided with the Indian spinner facing the axe for today's third Test.
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Posted: January 15th, 2008, 8:00am EST
SPEED machine Shaun Tait last night declared he could deliver cricket's fastest ball of all time on a scary Perth pitch in the third Test starting today.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 8:00am EST
CRICKET'S great war is over after Australia and India last night made peace and the tourists dropped a racial abuse charge against Brad Hogg.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 8:00am EST
FORMER Australian fast bowler Mike Whitney has blamed Andrew Symonds for sparking the furious row with India and has told both teams to grow up.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 8:00am EST
INDIA'S cricket chiefs said today they had sold the media rights for the star-studded inaugural Twenty20 Indian Premier League for $US1 billion ($1.13 billion).
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 8:00am EST
CRICKET umpire Steve Bucknor has told of his disappointment at being dumped for the third Test in Perth after making "only two wrong decisions" in Sydney.
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Posted: January 13th, 2008, 8:00am EST
BRAD Hogg will tonight invoke the spirit of Sir Edmund Hillary in a bid to clear himself of a racial vilification charge over his use of the word "bastard."
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Posted: January 13th, 2008, 8:00am EST
MICHAEL Clarke has personally apologised to Indian skipper Anil Kumble after being haunted by his refusal to leave the crease in Sydney.
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Posted: January 13th, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIAN cricket is in a state of confusion as the national team tries to assume two incompatible identities . . . bully boys and moral guardians.
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Posted: January 13th, 2008, 8:00am EST
FORMER India captain Sunil Gavaskar today called for revoking the ban on Harbhajan Singh, saying the match-referee's decision was based on emotion.
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Posted: January 12th, 2008, 8:00am EST
ANDREW Symonds has revealed why he was angered by the slur that sparked cricket's racism row - and soured relations between Australia and India.
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Posted: January 12th, 2008, 8:00am EST
THEY have protested their innocence throughout the recent racism saga - but statistics prove India are the worst-behaved team in world cricket.
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Posted: January 12th, 2008, 8:00am EST
The stinging criticism of the champion Australian cricket team's arrogance isn't about to go away without a change, Anthony Sharwood writes.
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Posted: January 12th, 2008, 8:00am EST
GREG Matthews has criticised captain Ricky Ponting for his role in the racism affair, declaring: "This would never have happened under Mark Taylor."
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Posted: January 12th, 2008, 8:00am EST
FAST bowler Dale Steyn took six West Indies wickets to lead South Africa to an innings victory in the third Test and a 2-1 win in the series.
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Posted: January 11th, 2008, 8:00am EST
SOUTH Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock has announced his retirement from international cricket following the second day's play against West Indies.
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Posted: January 11th, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIA and India head to Perth this weekend much like a married couple preparing to move back in together after each was unfaithful.
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Posted: January 11th, 2008, 8:00am EST
HARBHAJAN Singh's racial abuse case has taken a bizarre twist with claims Andrew Symonds misinterpreted a Punjabi phrase which sounded like "monkey".
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Posted: January 11th, 2008, 8:00am EST
SOMEONE clearly edged the ball to slips in the Sydney Test and stood there when there was not an iota of doubt over the dismissal.
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Posted: January 11th, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIAN Test captain Ricky Ponting has called for an overhaul of the controversial international umpiring panel to help avoid mistakes.
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Posted: January 11th, 2008, 8:00am EST
THREE Wise Monkeys is packed. Heaving. So full the boys don't even notice two Australian cricketers walk in from George Street.
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Posted: January 11th, 2008, 8:00am EST
VIRENDER Sehwag's 12-month wait to resume his Test career could be over after smashing 113 from 78 balls for India on today's final day of a three-day game.
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Posted: January 11th, 2008, 8:00am EST
THE Indian board wants the ICC to hear off-spinner Harbhajan Singh's appeal against a ban for alleged racial abuse before the one-day series starts.
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Posted: January 10th, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIA will argue the term bastard does not insult a persons descent in a bid to have Brad Hogg escape suspension and be available for the third Test.
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Posted: January 10th, 2008, 8:00am EST
THE Indian cricket official best known for being pushed off stage by Damien Martyn in 2006 has been given the unprecedented power to call off the tour.
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Posted: January 10th, 2008, 8:00am EST
STEPHEN Fleming has declined to put his cricketing boot into Australia, describing the world champions' inflammatory display against India as nothing exceptional.
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Posted: January 10th, 2008, 8:00am EST
TEST great Martin Crowe is adamant that only a complete overhaul of the ICC can save the sport from disintegrating beyond this week's controversy.
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Posted: January 10th, 2008, 8:00am EST
MATTHEW Hayden has turned to acupuncture to try to save his immediate Test future but concedes he could be out for a month.
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Posted: January 9th, 2008, 8:00am EST
CRICKET Australia boss James Sutherland yesterday gave Ricky Ponting's men the OK to keep their style of play, arguing Test cricket "is not tiddlywinks".
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Posted: January 9th, 2008, 8:00am EST
BRAD Hogg's defence team will argue that his gibe was not malicious taken out of context when his charge of racial abuse is heard next week.
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Posted: January 9th, 2008, 8:00am EST
MORE questions than answers have emerged in the aftermath of a Test match that will be forever tainted with controversy.
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Posted: January 9th, 2008, 8:00am EST
ANDREW Symonds stopped the Australian team reporting Harbhajan Singh after Singh allegedly called him a monkey during a one-day match in October.
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Posted: January 9th, 2008, 8:00am EST
WASIM Jaffer top-scored with 92 but Yuvraj Singh's poor form continued as India made nine for 325 and declared on the first day in Canberra.
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Posted: January 9th, 2008, 8:00am EST
INDIAN captain Anil Kumble has revealed Ricky Ponting refused his request for dressing room peace talks over the Harbhajan Singh race row.
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Posted: January 8th, 2008, 5:50pm EST
BATTING great Sachin Tendulkar has emerged as the mastermind of India's aggressive stance in the racism row. He sent an SMS urging a tour boycott.
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Posted: January 8th, 2008, 8:00am EST
SACHIN Tendulkar has emerged as the mastermind of India's stance in the racism row after it was revealed he sent an SMS urging India to boycott.
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Posted: January 8th, 2008, 8:00am EST
AUSTRALIAN sporting legends have condemned the behaviour of the Australian cricket team, claiming Ricky Ponting's men have turned the game into war.
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Posted: January 8th, 2008, 8:00am EST
RIVAL captains Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble will be told bad behaviour will no longer be tolerated as India today are expected to finally leave for Canberra.
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Posted: January 8th, 2008, 8:00am EST
THE replacement of umpire Steve Bucknor has stopped an international incident from becoming an international crisis, ICC boss Malcolm Speed said today.
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Posted: January 8th, 2008, 8:00am EST
FORMER Australian player Geoff Lawson believes the current Test team is disrespecting the baggy green with their arrogant behaviour on the cricket pitch.
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Posted: January 7th, 2008, 8:00am EST
UMPIRE Steve Bucknor will not stand in the third cricket Test between Australia and India in Perth, ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said today.
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Posted: January 7th, 2008, 8:00am EST
BATTING star Michael Hussey today defended Ricky Ponting against calls for his scalp, saying the Australian cricket captain had the support of his entire team.
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Posted: January 7th, 2008, 8:00am EST
THE Indian cricket team is confident that spinner Harbhajan Singh will win an appeal over racially abusing Australia's Andrew Symonds during the second Test.
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Posted: January 7th, 2008, 8:00am EST
INDIA dramatically held world cricket to ransom last night after indefinitely suspending its multi-million dollar tour of Australia due to a racism row.
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Posted: January 7th, 2008, 8:00am EST
THE ICC today faces one of the biggest days in its 98-year existence when it simply must seize control of the game.
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Posted: January 7th, 2008, 8:00am EST
FIVE boys arrived at Bradman Oval around 10am to have a quick net session before Indian superstar Sachin Tendulkar arrived. And so they played. And played . . .
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Posted: January 7th, 2008, 8:00am EST
INJURED West Indies captain Chris Gayle will miss the deciding third cricket Test against South Africa.
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Posted: January 7th, 2008, 8:00am EST
GLENN McGrath didn't need to do too much to get a standing ovation in his farewell match for NSW tonight - and true to form, he went out a winner.
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Posted: January 7th, 2008, 8:00am EST
WESTERN Australia rounded up South Australia for a measly 97 then survived a committed Redbacks effort to win their Twenty20 clash by five wickets.
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Posted: January 7th, 2008, 8:00am EST
DAVID Hussey enhanced his status as one of Australia's premier Twenty20 cricketers by sparking Victoria to a seven-run win over Tasmania.
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Posted: January 6th, 2008, 8:00am EST
AN irate Indian cricket team will appeal against a three-match ban on spinner Harbhajan Singh for racially abusing Andrew Symonds.
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Posted: January 6th, 2008, 8:00am EST
RELATIONS between the Australian and Indian cricket teams were in tatters after Anil Kumble said only one team played "in the spirit of the game."
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Posted: January 5th, 2008, 8:00am EST
ANDREW Symonds last night said there was no bad blood between India and Australia after revealing the circumstances of his spat with Harbhajan Singh.
